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Every year around Christmas, Music Mondays presents a Holiday Showcase titled “Sugar & Spice – A Holiday Treat.” Two of the Portland area’s favorite vocalists, LaRhonda Steele and Julie Amici, have been honored with multiple Cascade Blues Association Muddy Award nominations and wins. They will be showcasing various styles of jazz, blues, R&B, soul, and […]
With a briefcase filled with awards, including three Maple Blues Awards naming him the best harmonica player in Canada, Vancouver’s Harpdog Brown has been called a blues evangelist — and that’s a very fitting moniker. He delivers his messages in the traditional sound of early electric blues. Think of the old Chess Records and Sun […]
And the 2017 Muddy Award Nominees are: Contemporary Blues Act Ben Rice Band Rae Gordon Band Sister Mercy Thunder Brothers Traditional Blues Act AC Porter & The Live Wires Ben Rice Band Norman Sylvester Band “Lloyd Jones” R&B Act Andy Stokes Ken DeRouchie Band Norman Sylvester Band New Act: Dirty Revival Harvey Brindell & The Tablerockers […]
Salem-based bassist John Pounds has long been a favorite on the Oregon music scene, so when he suffered a stroke in March 2016 a lot of his friends and fans stepped forward to help him out with a handful of benefit shows. But it has been a long hard path to recovery for John and […]
Melody Ballroom, 615 SE Alder Street, Portland Wednesday, July 12 – 7:00 pm Members always Free – Non-members $5.00 Opening Acoustic Set – Howard Wade Second Electric Set – Gary Burford Trio Following the Waterfront Blues Festival is quite the task in July, so please note that the monthly membership meeting is being moved to […]
The Cascade Blues Association celebrated thirty years of supporting, promoting, and preserving the blues in the Northwest with a huge show at the historic McMenamins Crystal Ballroom on Sunday, May 21. Our members and blues lovers came out in force for a day packed with nine sets of music featuring some of the best loved […]
The Tornadoes (AKA – ‘A Selfless Act’) Hello Blues lovers! Just a note to say thank you to our loyal fans and blues jammers! Allen Markel and I (Don Shultz) have been holding down the fort along with our special guest musicians while our fearless leader Kevin Selfe is away. We appreciate your continued support and […]
Join blues legends, up-and-comers, and local acts to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, presented by First Tech Federal Credit Union, June 30 – July 4, 2017 at Tom McCall Waterfront Park. This year’s festival will run five days and feature 150 blues acts on four stages. Festival proceeds help Oregon […]
It’s been ten years since the great Paul deLay passed away, but a room full of Cascade Blues Association Muddy Award winners will bring his songs and spirit back to the stage on Saturday evening, January 21, at the Alberta Rose Theatre. Just This One is a concert performance of a new musical based on […]
Thank you to the four acts that shared their talent and passion at the Waterfront Blues Festival on July 4th for the Journey to Memphis. They were Beacon Street Titans, Dave Fleschner, Jason Thomas, and the Nikki Jones Band. We want to thank them for putting it all out on stage and making new fans! […]